Schefflin, who comes from
Charlotte, North Carolina, played collegiate tennis at the
University of Georgia and was a member of the team which finished runner-up to Stanford in the
1987 NCAA Championships. From 1990 to 1992 she competed on the professional tour, reaching a best ranking of 165 in the world. Most notably she made the third round of the
1991 Australian Open, beating
Miriam Oremans and
Tamaka Takagi en route, after winning her way through qualifying. She represented the United States at the
1993 Maccabiah Games. ==References==